How much can I recycle with Zero Waste Bags?

We acknowledge that embracing eco-friendly habits and increasing your recycling efforts may seem like an investment. However, our Zero Waste Bags offer exceptional value for money.
On average, users typically require only 4 small bags or 2 to 3 large bags annually for any specific waste stream, translating to a monthly cost of £7 to £10, depending on bag size and the type of rubbish recycled*.
Explore our informative chart to estimate how long it'll take you to fill a bag based on your unique habits.

recycle oral care with terracycle zero waste bag

Zero Waste Bag - Small

Regular price £27.00

With this Zero Waste bag, choose to recycle one of 14 different types of rubbish listed below.

Accepted waste

All Plastic Packaging
Crisps Packets & Snack Wrappers
Contact Lenses & Packaging
Beauty Products & Packaging
Empty Medicine Blister Packs
Petfood Packaging
Storage Media
Oral Care Waste & Packaging
Personal Protective Equipment
Stationery
Fabrics & Clothing
Food & Drink Pouches
Non-Electronic Toys
Water Filters

Shipping instructions

Your Zero Waste Bags will be shipped to you in an envelope through Royal Mail within 5 working days.
Keep your Zero Waste Bag in a dry place away from wet surfaces.
Send back your full bags with DPD. Find your nearest drop-off location here.
Make sure to only collect one type of rubbish per bag and drop off one bag per locker.

Dimensions & Capacity

Size: 25.50 cm wide x 35 cm high
Holds approx. 3.5 L of waste.

Zero Waste Bag - Medium (Christmas Edition)

Zero Waste Bag - Medium (Christmas Edition)

Regular price £38.00

Back by popular demand!

A festive limited edition of our bestselling medium Zero Waste Bag – designed to make recycling easy during the Christmas holidays. Every year in the UK, an estimated 3 million tonnes of additional waste are generated over the Christmas period – this bag is a small but meaningful way to reduce that impact.

Not only does this bag help recycle the unrecyclable, it also helps regrow our planet. For every bag sold, we’ll fund the planting of two trees, making it a meaningful gift for yourself or someone else. Learn more about this here.

With the Christmas Edition Zero Waste bag you can choose to recycle one of 15 different types of rubbish listed below. In addition to the 14 types of waste accepted in the normal Zero Waste Bags, you can now also recycle all kinds of Christmas waste from wrapping paper, cellotape and their dispensers, to broken or end of life plastic Christmas decorations, and party supplies. See all accepted waste below.

Accepted waste

Christmas Decorations and Party Supplies (Exclusive to this bag)
All Plastic Packaging
Crisps Packets & Snack Wrappers
Contact Lenses & Packaging
Beauty Products & Packaging
Empty Medicine Blister Packs
Petfood Packaging
Storage Media
Oral Care Waste & Packaging
Personal Protective Equipment
Stationery
Fabrics & Clothing
Food & Drink Pouches
Non-Electronic Toys
Water Filters

Shipping instructions

Your Zero Waste Bags will be shipped to you in an envelope through Royal Mail within 5 working days.
Keep your Zero Waste Bag in a dry place away from wet surfaces.
Send back your full bags with DPD. Find your nearest drop-off location here.
Make sure to only collect one type of rubbish per bag and drop off one bag per locker.

Dimensions & Capacity

Size: 60 cm wide x 59 cm high
Holds approx. 14 L of waste.

Medium Christmas Bag

Having read some reviews, I was going to order the small size, to recycle blister packs. But when I saw the offer on the medium Christmas bag, I decided to go for that. It certainly is a good size, and I may order a small bag for the blister packs, and use the medium one for another category.

Thanks so much for sharing your experience!
Love your idea of using different bag sizes for different waste streams, that’s exactly what they’re made for! ♻️

Blister packs

We’ve been collecting our blister packs to drop off for a long time and have been frustrated by thwarted efforts to drop off at Superdrug so a bag from Terracycle was a great option. It may seem pricey but that’s what it costs and it helps my conscience knowing we’re trying to do our bit. I left the bag in a prominent place over Xmas and alerted our guests to use it, so it came up in conversation and raised awareness, which I’m happy about.

Great idea

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The zero waste bag idea is excellent, however as a pensioner I will struggle to purchase more than one bag at a time, I want to help but can’t afford the expense of buying in to about six recycling streams.

Great idea

This is a great way of recycling items that cannot go in the kerbside bins! Shame it’s a bit pricey but still a great way of keeping items out of landfill.

Zero Bags

This is an amazing way to recycle this bits which local waste collection can’t take. My home general waste bin is almost empty now. When you order they come super quick. My recent order was a Christmas edition bag, which is a little bit of fun for the seasons The return process is easy and seamless. I can’t recommend this enough.

large zero waste bag recycle plastic packaging

Zero Waste Bag - Large

Regular price £49.00

With this Zero Waste bag, choose to recycle one of 14 different types of rubbish listed below.

All Plastic Packaging
Crisps Packets & Snack Wrappers
Contact Lenses & Packaging
Beauty Products & Packaging
Empty Medicine Blister Packs
Petfood Packaging
Storage Media
Oral Care Waste & Packaging
Personal Protective Equipment
Stationery
Fabrics & Clothing
Food & Drink Pouches
Non-Electronic Toys
Water Filters

Shipping instructions

Your Zero Waste Bags will be shipped to you in an envelope through Royal Mail within 5 working days.
Keep your Zero Waste Bag in a dry place away from wet surfaces.
Send back your full bags with DPD. Find your nearest drop-off location here.
Make sure to only collect one type of rubbish per bag and drop off one bag per locker.

Dimensions & Capacity

Size: 60 cm wide x 59 cm high
Holds approx. 14 L of waste.

Coffee Capsules & Pods

Regular price £38.00

Meet the Coffee Capsules & Pods Zero Waste Bag. With a stronger material than our standard Zero Waste Bags and an added handle and seal, it's specially designed to ensure safe and easy storage of your capsules without leakages.

This bag is for collecting and recycling coffee capsules & pods only. If you wish to recycle other types of waste, please check the accepted waste of our regular Zero Waste Bags.

With the Coffee Capsules & Pods Zero Waste Bag, you can recycle:

Used coffee capsules & pods
Used hot chocolate capsules
Used tea capsules
Used tea discs

The bag accepts capsules or pods made from both aluminium and plastic.

Shipping instructions

Your Coffee Capsules & Pods Zero Waste Bag will be shipped to you in an envelope through Royal Mail within 5 working days.
Keep your bag in a dry place away from wet surfaces.
Fill up your bag to the line with coffee capsules to avoid overfilling and damaging the bag. Please make sure your capsules are completely empty of liquid to prevent any leaks.
Send back your full bags with DPD. Find your nearest drop-off location here.
Make sure to only drop off one bag at a time.

Dimensions & Capacity

Size: 40cm wide x 50 cm high (incl. handle)
Holds approx. 7 L of waste.
Holds approx. 300-325 capsules/pods to the fill line.

*Based on our customers' feedback. Estimated units and average fill time are strictly estimates and can vary based on an individual customer’s usage habits.

How much can I recycle with Zero Waste Bags?